The Bonds of War: A Story of Immigrants and Esprit de Corps in Company C, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Diana L. Dretske - UA) Section - Gettysburg Timeline by Lois Lembo and Leon

by Lois Lembo and Leon Reed

told in detail

underscoring how later perceptions about the war often took precedence over historical reality in the minds of many Americans

striking out for the adventurous world of Texas oil

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The Bonds of War: A Story of Immigrants and Esprit de Corps in Company C, 96th Illinois Volunteer Infantry (Diana L. Dretske - UA) Section - Gettysburg Timeline by Lois Lembo and Leonby Diana L. Dretske When curator Diana L. Dretske discovered that the five long gone Union soldiers in a treasured photograph in the Bess Bower Dunn Museum were not fully identified, it compelled her into a project of recovery and reinterpretation. Utilizing an impressive array of local and national archives, as well as private papers, the authors microhistorical approach records events that often go unnoticed, such as a farmer enlisting in the middle